The 29-year-old first had her right left operated on in 2012 after contracting gangrene.

"A lot of my friends were sick with the flu so I thought maybe I just caught the bug," she said during a TEDx talk in Tel Aviv in Israel last year.

The reality was far more serious. When her mother found her face-down on her bedroom floor Wasser was rushed to hospital. The infection had become so extreme that Wasser suffered a massive heart attack before she had to be placed into a medically-induced coma

Doctors found a tampon inside her, and told her that she would lose her life if the leg was not operated on. It was amputated, and Wasser began to rebuild her life, modelling again and amassing a large social media following thanks to her inspiring posts.

But late last year Wasser wrote an article for In Style, revealing that she would soon be losing her left leg. "There’s nothing I can do about it,” she explained, before adding that she would be “campaigning to pass the Robin Danielson Act, named after a woman who lost her life to TSS in 1998.”

Wasser added: "The bill requires feminine hygiene product companies to disclose exactly what is going into these products and what their long-term health effects are. Shockingly, the bill has been rejected 10 times.”

Now, a month on, Wasser has posted on Instagram, revealing that the amputation surgery was successful. She shared a picture alongside fellow double amputee Amy, explaining that her partner, Jennifer Rovero, had organised the surprise for her.

“My baby @camraface had another surprise for me this morning.... A knock on my door and in walks the amazing, talented, badass beauty @amypurdygurl!” she wrote. “Thank you so much for stopping by it really meant the world

“Thank you for showing me that life is only going to get better and that I have so much life to live.”